CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY

• US 20130144246A1
• Filed: 06/27/2011
• Published: 06/06/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Takemoto, Masafumi
• Application Number:
  US13/701,097
• Publication Number:
  US 20130144246A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/403
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/1475 Inlet or outlet ports
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/201 having one piercing end
• CPC Class Codes: A61J 1/2096 Combination of a vial and a syringe for transferring or mixing their contents
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/1033 Swivel nut connectors, e.g. threaded connectors, bayonet-connectors
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/1072 with a septum present in the connector
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/1011 Locking means for securing connection; Additional tamper safeties A61M39/16 takes precedence

Abstract

A first connector includes a first connector main body configured from an outer tube of cylindrical shape, an inner tube of cylindrical shape, and a hub disposed at a proximal end portion of the outer tube, a hollow needle supported on the hub, a first sealing member supported on the inner tube, a coil spring serving as puncturing portion biasing means for biasing the first sealing member toward a distal direction, and a clamping member disposed upon the outer tube. Upon an inner periphery portion of the proximal end portion of the outer tube, a pawl is formed so as to project to the inner side. Upon an outer periphery portion of a large diameter portion of a main body portion of the hub, a plurality of ratchet teeth which are engageable with the pawl of the outer tube are formed so as to project toward the outer side.

Claims

1. A connector, comprising:

an outer tube;

a hub disposed at a proximal end portion of the outer tube for rotation around an axis of the outer tube with respect to the outer tube, wherein the hub includes a main body portion inserted in the outer tube, a connecting portion having a proximal end side to which a medical device having a screw threaded portion is to be connected, and a projecting portion for being screwed with the screw threaded portion;

separation preventing means for preventing separation of the hub from the outer tube; and

rotation blocking means having a rotation blocking function for blocking the rotation of the hub in only one of a forward direction and a backward direction;

wherein the rotation blocking means includes a first engaging portion provided at the proximal end portion of the outer tube and a second engaging portion provided on the hub and engageable with the first engaging portion,

wherein a direction in which the hub is urged to rotate by rotational torque applied to the hub when the medical device is rotated with respect to the hub to screw the screw threaded portion with the projecting portion and a direction of the rotation of the hub blocked by the rotation blocking means coincide with each other, and

wherein the rotation blocking function of the rotation blocking means is rendered effective when the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion are engaged with each other.

2. The connector according to claim 1, wherein one of the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion is a pawl and the other of the first engaging portion and the second engaging portion is a ratchet tooth engageable with the pawl.

3. The connector according to claim 2, wherein the ratchet tooth includes a plurality of ratchet teeth, and the plurality of ratchet teeth are provided along a circumferential direction.

4. The connector according to claim 1, wherein the medical device includes a syringe having a mouth portion at a distal end portion thereof;

and

in the connector, the mouth portion of the syringe is connected to the connecting portion.

5. A connector assembly, comprising:

the connector according to claim 1; and

a partner connector connected to the connector and having a connecting portion, wherein the connecting portion connects, at a distal end side of the connecting portion, a liquid accommodating container capable of accommodating liquid.